By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military said on Saturday that it had foiled a terrorist attack on a training air base of the Pakistan Air Force, killing all nine assailants who tried to storm the facility in the early hours of the day.
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Army says thwarts attack on air base, kills three militants
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The military said on Saturday that it had foiled a terrorist attack on a training air base of the Pakistan Air Force, killing three assailants and cornering three others.
Triple terror attacks kill 21 in western Pakistan, mostly soldiers
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: At least 21 people were killed, mostly soldiers, in three separate attacks on Friday in the western provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which border Afghanistan, officials said.
After Supreme Court intervention, Pakistan to hold elections on Feb. 8
Pakistan’s Supreme Court intervenes to end election impasse, sets Feb. 8 as polling date. Ex-PM Sharif back in the fray after four years in exile, while jailed Khan remains sidelined.
Pakistan begins mass deportation of undocumented migrants, mostly Afghans
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan began a nationwide crackdown on Wednesday against thousands of illegal immigrants, mostly Afghans, who failed to leave the country by a government-imposed deadline that expired at midnight on Tuesday.
PIA cancels hundreds of flights as fuel crisis deepens
By Staff Reporter
KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines Corp. canceled more than 300 flights in two weeks as it ran low on fuel amid a payment row with the state-owned oil company.
Pakistan’s top court overturns military trials of civilians
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Monday declared the trial of civilians arrested following violent protests in May in military courts as null and void and ordered authorities to transfer their cases to civilian criminal courts.
Imran Khan, aide indicted for leaking state secrets
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: A special court on Monday indicted former prime minister Imran Khan and his top aide, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, in a case accusing them of leaking official secrets for political gain, lawyers said.
Govt says military trials for civilians accused of May 9 violence underway
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government said Sunday it had started military trials for civilians accused of attacking military installations and memorials in May, defying a Supreme Court order that barred such proceedings until further notice.
Sharif returns to Pakistan, betting on his legacy and the military’s mood
By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: When Nawaz Sharif boarded a flight from Dubai to Islamabad on Saturday, he was not just returning to his homeland after four years in exile. He was also embarking on a high-stakes political gamble that could make or break his legacy — and that of the military that has long been his arch-nemesis.